Who here has tried a bunch of backpacking stoves?

[Jordan Budd]

Looking for someone that has tried a bunch of backpacking stoves. Brands and types.. white gas, burners to "create your own" system and the systems themselves like jetboil/MSR. Have a couple of questions, if your interested let me know.

Thanks,
Jordan

 

[Topo_trekker]

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[Beendare]

I've tried a bunch- from making my own mini wood stove- Sierra stove, Alcohol, multiple white gas, multiple butane.

I think its hard to beat the compact all metal butane stoves...unless you are in very cold temps they work great.


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[sneaky]

I've ran several, burning everything including DF2 and JP8 in one in Iraq. Man, that stuff makes you appreciate good clean burning fuel and canisters lol.

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[seldomseensmith]

If you decide to go white gas I would recommend the dragonfly. Been around for a long time and is a great cooking stove. That said, the pocket rocket is so hard to beat all around. I used white gas/multi fuel all over the world for 20 years and there are lots of positives but for what a pocket rocket costs I would never not have it as an option.


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[Cng]

I’ve never owned a Jetboil type system, but I think I’ve had all the other types. I know I’m in the minority, but the thing I like about a liquid fuel stove is never having to worry about how much fuel is in a canister or recycling canisters or having a dozen half empty ones laying around. I can top my fuel off before I leave or pour half of it out if I’m only doing an overnighter.

It’s heavy, but I use a Whisperlite when the wife and I are backpacking, cooking and making coffee, etc. When it’s just me, I use a homemade alcohol stove. I don’t really mind all the things that others complain about them. And they’re so cheap and easy that there’s no reason not to give one a try.

 

[*zap*]

You can get an adapter to run propane in a canister stove when its very cold, works good.

 

[michaelc10]

Have tried lots of stoves, still have these. Dragonfly, old msr white gas, snowpeak white gas stove, jet boil, jet boil sol, snowpeak gigapower, msr reactor, and solo wood burning stove, solo alcohol stove, vargo triad alcohol stove, vargo decagon alcohol stove.

 

[Whiskey_Fish]

Nothing works better at 10k+ than the gigapower snowpeak Ti. Been running it for years. Only stove I’ll take.


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[hayesplow]

Ive used the cat food can stove. If you have a can of fancy feast and a hole punch you can make one. I went back to a canister stove, a snow peak gigapower. It's small reliable and not as quirky as the cat stove. It's hard to spill it and the wind doesn't bother it like the cat food or pop can stove. Plus, I finally figured out how to brown some rolls in the woods with it, and hot Crusty rolls make anything tolerable.

 

[mrgreen]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the blog Adventures in Stoving.

 

[rayporter]

hiking jim has some interesting info for sure.

 

[Cng]

Ive used the cat food can stove. If you have a can of fancy feast and a hole punch you can make one. I went back to a canister stove, a snow peak gigapower. It's small reliable and not as quirky as the cat stove. It's hard to spill it and the wind doesn't bother it like the cat food or pop can stove. Plus, I finally figured out how to brown some rolls in the woods with it, and hot Crusty rolls make anything tolerable.

Alcohol stoves are certainly quirky! I’ve found that the stove with a tomato paste can inside a cat food can and lined with a wicking material (I think they call it a Super Cat, probably on the Adventures in Stoving blog mentioned) is far more efficient and slightly less quirky. It’s still very susceptible to wind, but the wind won’t blow it out like it will the Fancy Feast.

 

[KClark]

Looking for someone that has tried a bunch of backpacking stoves. Brands and types.. white gas, burners to "create your own" system and the systems themselves like jetboil/MSR. Have a couple of questions, if your interested let me know.

Thanks,
Jordan

I haven't tried a bunch but have packed with Trangia, Optimus, single burner propane, penny stove, Volcano and Jet Boil. If I can help LMK.

 

[Team4LongGun]

As an alternative, or even backup, the Solo stove is legit. I've bought, used and set on the shelf many types to arrive at really liking the Solo.

 

[Archery Bank]

Don't forget about the Svea 123 white gas stove from 40 plus years ago.

 

[Milestone522]

For high altitude and cold weather the SVEA 123 is bombproof. Heavy, and sounds like a V2 rocket, but flawless.

For lower and warmer the MSR cannister is the way to go unless you have time to kill, in which case use a firebox stove.

 

[Mosby]

I have multiple cook kits that I can take, depending on how/what I am eating and the weather. My current primary stove is a Soto Windmaster. Works well in most weather conditions and fits into my MSR Titan Kettle along with an X mug on the bottom. Working on a better windscreen solution. A bit taller than I prefer.

My new favorite stove though is the Kovea Spider. I can invert it and use it down to 0 degrees, relatively lightweight and very stable. Lower profile than the Soto and can use in colder weather, much lighter than my liquid fuel Nova and it fits into a MSR Titan kettle. A great cooking stove also. I am buying some windscreens from Flat Cat Gear made specifically for the Kovea. Will make it pretty efficient and might replace the Soto in my primary kit. It is a very versatile stove.

I have a Mini bull elite alcohol stove that I use in a GSI Minimalist kit, for day hikes/hunts . Extremely small and lightweight. I am not a huge fan of alcohol stoves but it works for what I use it for.

An MSR Reactor for windy, wet hunts where I am just boiling water for dh meals. I use it a lot when I go turkey and pheasant hunting by myself and cooking out the back of my truck. I normally keep it in the truck as a back up stove during hunting season and in case I get stranded somewhere along with some water and a couple days worth of food and drinks. Boils water extremely fast. Bullet proof.

I also have an old Nova liquid fuel but I don't like taking a multi fuel stove on hunting trips, if I don't have too. Fuel is messy and the stove near my tent is a bon fire waiting to happen.